Floors, how to protect from worms, 266 ” dry rot in, 20, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 125, 176, 182, 183, 186, 187 ” ” Frontispiece Fluoric acid, for the black ant, 287 Fontenay’s metallic soap, to preserve wood, 165 Forestier’s experiments with creosoted piles, 139, 236 Foundations, how to build, 179 Fraser’s (Capt. A.) paint for white ants, 253 Fungi differ according to situation, 22 ” explanation of the term, 15 ” forms and strength of, 31, 43 ” production of, 15, 18, 19, 20 ” rapid growth of, 44 Gambir composition for white ants, 255 Garlic and vinegar for worms, 106 Gas, carbonization of wood by, 97, 164 ” chlorine, and other substances, 123 Gibbons’ (Grinling), carvings, 260, 280 Glue, solution of, to preserve ships, 112 ” and other substances, 112, 122, 130 Gracechurch Street, No. 79, dry rot in second floor, 187 Graham (Prof.), on Burnett’s process, 140 Grease, how to take it out of floor, 191 Greenwich, rot in floor of house at, Frontispiece Greville’s (Dr.) description of fungi, 21 Groo-groo worms in Surinam, 247 Grosvenor Place, rotten planking in houses, 176 Guibert’s smoke process, 93 Hales’ (Dr.) oil and creosoting processes, 111, 118 Halle-au-Blé, Paris, dry rot in dome of, 42 Haller’s (Dr.) analysis of a fungus, 31 Hampstead, dry rot in ground of house at, 20 Hancock’s caoutchouc and oil process, 162 Hartley’s experiments with fire-proof house, 120 Hawkshaw’s opinion of Payne’s process, 155 Higgins’ (Dr.) ammonia remedy for rot, 118 House, fire-proof, 120 ” ” cost of, 143 ” badly erected, 182, 202 Howe’s experiments with posts, 45 Humboldt, Baron, on damp rooms, 24 Indestructible Paint Company, 195 Indian Woods, 47, 134, 223, 250 Ingredients for preserving wood, 168 Iron, cast, effect of sea-water on, 230 ” muriate of, 157 ” prussiate of, 146 ” pyrolignite of, 130, 146, 151, 156, 234 ” sulphate of, 154, 157, 284 Jackson’s preserving processes, 111 ” (G.) experiments with white ants, 254 Jagherry, or coarse Indian sugar, for mortar, 253 Japanese method of treating graining, 194 Jarrah wood, how seasoned, 115 Johnson’s (B.) account of rot in floor, 42 Jones’ (Major, R. E.) report on rotten beams, 32 Kamptulicon causes dry rot in floors, 187 Kenwood, rotten fir girder at, 32 Kidlington, carvings in yellow deal at, 273 Kirthington Park, Gibbons’ carvings at, 281 Knabb’s sulphate of copper process, 152 Kœnig’s opinion of sulphate of copper, 152 Kyan’s corrosive sublimate patent, 123, 205, 223, 233 Lampblack, and fish oil, 108 Langton’s extraction of sap process, 101 Lead, 173, 179, 200